OnStar and BMW Services

[seandalal]

Guys,

I have owned two cts v coupes and now I am probably switching to an M3 at some point.

Can BMW do something for their remote services?

Onstar fired my car up from my iPhone or key fob. It also had a separate telephone in the car really cheap. It felt like the bat mobile right out of a dark knight movie.

The cts v coupe isn't available anymore. Would anyone back me up to have remote start/on star added to future BMW's?

Thanks,

www.carspear.com

[Ghetto2315]

Our BMW Assist is connected to BMW ConnectedDrive. On your smartphone, you can download the BMW Remote App that will only allow you to Lock and Unlock, honk the horn, flash headlights, Ventilate, send destination/GPS coordinates, and "find your car" feature. No remote starting.

[seandalal]

not good enough!

[Ghetto2315]

Originally Posted by seandalal

not good enough!

Remote Start is more of a GM product/Toyota/Honda/Nissan thing. I wouldn't let THAT hold you back from getting an M3/M4...

[afadeev]

Originally Posted by seandalal

I have owned two cts v coupes and now I am probably switching to an M3 at some point.

Can BMW do something for their remote services?

Onstar fired my car up from my iPhone or key fob.

Any why do you need to do that?
If you lived in Alaska or Canada and parked the car outside in the winter... then maybe. But in VA ?

Originally Posted by seandalal

It also had a separate telephone in the car really cheap. It felt like the bat mobile right out of a dark knight movie.

OnStar does not, and never did, support personal direct dialing.

You can push a button to call to OnStar rep and ask for directions, help with restaurant reservations, and what not. The same can be achieved by pushing on BMW Assist button. Both are equally useless, if you ask me.

I've also played with BMW assist app exactly twice: to test how long in took for the horn and headlights to sound/flash after I initiated the request via BMW app. It was roughly 45 seconds. Mildly amusing, and totally useless.

Originally Posted by seandalal

The cts v coupe isn't available anymore. Would anyone back me up to have remote start/on star added to future BMW's?

Why?
Why are you selling your CTS?
If remote starting a car via an app is so important to you, keep it!
Or get ATS-V, like all non "German-mobile fan boys" are supposed to:
http://cadillac-corner.kinja.com/cad...oys-1700180038

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[seandalal]

when you walk up to your car and it starts automatically, it fits perfectly.

sorry to disturb u guys on the bmw board i think i have to wait longer to decide

[Pamela]

For me the BMW app has enough feature, i don't need anything else if i can track my car and lock and unlock it with smartphone nothing else i need.

[seandalal]

BMW has to upgrade its remote services